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Milk Inc spend a third month at number three with ";No Angel";, but now fall out of the top ten with ";Run"; - one of seventeen records moving down this time. These include Charlotte Gainsbourg with ";The Songs That We Sing"; - the fastest faller, down from 19 to 33 - and Cascada with ";Everytime We Touch"; - the longest laster, clinging on in the chart, down from 39 to 40. It has now made more appearances in the Top 40 than any single released in the 1990's - without ever going higher than number 15 - and is the second longest runner of the current decade. That leaves just nine hits moving up this month - mostly by only a few places, although Ilona Mitrecey races from 36 to 23 with her third hit ";Allo Allo";, and ";She's Madonna"; by Robbie Williams and the Pet Shop Boys is the rapid riser, jumping from 28 to 13.

As several of last month's breakers depart, mostly having spent the maximum period of a year missing the Top 40, there are six new potential hits, and two former hits which may be about to chart again. ";Stars On 45 Proudly Presents The Star Sisters"; (re-released in Holland) and ";Handle With Care"; by Traveling Wilburys (re-released everywhere!) return to the breakers, having both originally reached the top five in the 1980's - the decade celebrated by Fixkes with their long-running Belgian number one ";Kvraagetaan";. Other new breakers from the same territory come from Sylver and Regi featuring Scala, while there are also possible future hits for Djuma Soundsystem and ATB featuring Heather Nova. But the song which is guaranteed a place in next month's chart is one that I heard for the first time in an episode of BBC THREE's ";Doctor Who Confidential";. Research revealed it to be a track from a 2004 album which has already generated three top ten hits - KT Tunstall's ";Eye To The Telescope";. So another hit will now follow ";The Other Side of The World";, ";Suddenly I See"; and ";Under The Weather"; - ";Through The Dark";.

All versions of the same song are combined into one for the purposes of my chart - but it tends to be the more recent hit versions that contribute the most. In the case of "Love Kills", the original version is included on the new remixes single I got from Holland - handy to have them all together!

One of the current hits which is doing particularly well mainly due to the "Deeper-Mindset mix" (which I heard played a few times on the EuroHit 40, if nowhere else!) is Christina Aguilera's "Hurt" :

In April, "When Love Becomes A Lie" by Liz Kay became the seventeenth single to enter the chart at number one - and now it becomes only the seventh to regain the number one position after falling. The only artist who previously achieved both of these rare feats was Raffaella Carra, with the appropriately-titled "Do It, Do It Again".

Only six other records move up the Top 40 this month, of which the rapid riser is another former chart-topper - Ilona Mitrecey, whose third hit "Allo Allo" climbs from 23 to 15 in its fifth month, and may yet follow "Un Monde Parfait" and "C'est Les Vacances" into the top ten. Meanwhile, Robbie Willams arrives there for the first time, and the Pet Shop Boys for the ninth time, as last month's rapid riser "She's Madonna" moves up another three places to number 10 - and, as five Cascada hits appear in the chart for a third month in a row, the longest laster "Everytime We Touch" manages to creep back up one place to number 39.

Twenty-one hits move down this month, and the fastest faller is "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by the Scissor Sisters, diving from 25 to 35. Many other long-running hits continue to hang around at the lower end of the chart, including Paris Hilton's "Stars Are Blind". The follow-up hit has already been and gone - but her former number one is one of nine non-movers, sticking at number 34.

Three new entries this month, the highest becoming a fourth top ten hit for KT Tunstall. Very few album tracks not officially released anywhere as singles have made it into my chart, but last month's chartbuster "Through The Dark" makes an impressive debut at number 9. "Under The Weather" spent two months at number one last year - could this be a second chart-topper for the Scottish singer?

Also making a welcome return to the chart is Jennifer Lopez, entering at 24 with "Que Hiciste". It is her third hit, following "Waiting For Tonight" and "Ain't It Funny", which previously peaked at number 20 and number 2 respectively. And, joined on the single "Renegade" by Heather Nova, ATB now achieve a ninth top 40 hit - but only one of the previous eight has reached the top half of the chart. This was "Don't Stop", which peaked at number 11. Arriving now at number 32, their latest entry has already gone higher than "The Summer" and "Marrakech", and has matched the peak of their most successful UK hit, "9pm (Til I Come)".

Propping up the new Top 40 Breakers with potential future hits for the first time ever are Straight Flush, Regina Spektor and The Chemical Brothers. Slightly ahead, however, are the third breaker for French act Pakito, who previously charted with a cover version of "Living On Video", a top ten hit in the 1980's for Trans-X - and the latest release for a Belgian group who have a somewhat poor rate of converting breakers into hits. "Sunrise" is the thirteenth breaker for Milk Inc. - but only five of the other twelve reached the top forty. In contrast, a young singer from the same country has previously had eight breakers, all of which have become hits - and next month, she will make it nine out of nine with a guaranteed new entry. The record of the month is a new version of a French song which originally hit number 8 for Desireless - "Voyage Voyage", now done by Kate Ryan.

Of the ten singles climbing the chart this time, last month's new entries are the three major movers. "Que Hiciste" by Jennifer Lopez in the rapid riser, up twelve places to number 12; "Renegade" gives ATB their second-biggest hit, up eleven places to number 21; and KT Tunstall earns her second number one, as "Through The Dark" vaults eight places to pole position. It is the 161st number one, and only the fourth never to be released as a single. Previously, Lori Singer spent four months at number one in the early 1980s with "It's Gonna Be A Long Night", from the "Kids From Fame" album; the Pet Shop Boys were number one for two months in 1991 with "Losing My Mind", the B-side of "Jealousy" (which spent the same two months at number 2) and Tol & Tol also topped the chart for two months with "Centennial", the B-side of "Vienna" (also a number 2 hit).

Among 24 singles on the slide are "Lost" by Roger Sanchez - the fastest faller, down thirteen places at number 30 - and the longest laster, which is now "Ich Bin Ich (Wir Sind Wir) by Rosenstolz. The first hit for the German group has spent fifteen months in the bottom half of the chart - five of them at its peak position of 21 - and falls just one place to number 32 this time. And, while Liz Kay is also down one place from the top to number 2 with "When Love Becomes A Lie", she is the vocalist on the second highest new entry - "King Of My Castle" by Yanou, at number 23. This song was originally a number 5 hit for the Wamdue Project in 1999 - and the highest new entry this month is also a cover version. "Voyage Voyage" originally peaked at number 8 for Desireless, a new version went to number 29 for DJ Quicksilver Presents Base Unique in 2002, and now it is the ninth consecutive top 20 hit for Kate Ryan. Further down, Pakito match the peak position of their previous hit, "Living On Video" by entering at number 28, while three other acts make their chart debut - Fixkes at 29, Regi and Scala at 33 and Jeckyll and Hyde at 40.

Jeckyll and Hyde are one of seven acts who appear this time in both the Top 40 and the breakers - the others being John Marks, Pet Shop Boys, Milk Inc, Pakito, Sylver and Liz Kay - who, as well as the two hits already mentioned, has one of seven new breakers with a new version of "Castles In The Sky", originally a number one for Ian Van Dahl in 2000. However, while all of the new breakers are slightly nearer to the top 40 than former hits by New Order and Jem, which return to the breakers following their use in television commercials, none of them are yet inside the Top 100. So, deapite having the most promising new releases of the month, Amy MacDonald, Roisin Murphy, Richard Hawley and Lucky Twice cannot be guaranteed their first top 40 hit. Neither can Scooter, whose second breaker "The Question Is What Is The Question" is a long way short of the peak of their only previous one, "F--- The Millennium" - and nor can the Russian artist with the highest new breaker, "On The Radio". But it is that same artist who will have her first hit next month with another single, which is the highest climber into the top 100, up 44 places to number 80. Record of the month: Regina Spektor with "Samson".

This month sees the biggest shake-up of the chart for some time, with fifteen new potential future hits and ten new entries in the top forty. However, these are not quite record-breaking totals, even for the present decade. The first chart of 2000 had fourteen newcomers - and, just four months later, there were twenty-five new breakers.
KT Tunstall remains at number one for a second month, one of just two non-movers - but faces strong challenges from four of the eight climbers, moving from the bottom half of the chart into the top ten, and from five new entries inside the top twenty. It's a second top ten hit for Liz Kay as Yanou's "King Of My Castle" is up seventeen places to number 6; while Regi featuring Scala are up twenty-five places to number 9, and Pakito also climb twenty-five places to number 3. But the rapid riser, racing from 29 to 2, is the Flemish ode to a bygone age from the Fixkes, "Kvraagetaan".

The top new entry this time is a third top ten hit in the space of a year for Milk Inc., as "Sunrise" debuts at number 9. Swedish newcomers Lucky Twice are unlucky to miss the top ten at number 11, but lucky to be seven places above Richard Hawley at number 18 - while Regina Spektor also makes her chart debut, but with two hits side by side - former Cnartbuster "Samson" at 19, and "On The Radio" at 20.

Further down the top 40, there are also debut hits for Roisin Murphy, Kim Sozzi and Mason; Jeckyll and Hyde follow up their new entry from last time, "Frozen Flame", with another - "Freefall"; and John Marks replaces his first hit, "Carnival", with his second - "Insanity". Among twenty hits moving down, three only just manage to cling on to a place in the chart - fastest faller Shakira, longest laster Rosenstolz, and Holly Dolly with "Dolly Song", now the second-biggest hit of the decade so far.

Eleven of the new breakers are from acts still awaiting a first hit, with Bob Sinclar, 2 Fabiola featuring Katie Michaelson, Kate Nash and Samim among the strongest. DT8 Project and Andrea Britton recently had a long-running hit with "Winter", and now return to the breakers - but separately rather than together! - and Christina Aguilera may be about to double her tally of hits with "Candyman". And Groove Coverage follow up their chart-topper "On The Radio" with a new version of "Because I Love You", previously a number 30 hit for Stevie B and a number 11 hit for Mark'Oh meets Digital Rockers.

But the guaranteed new entry next time is also a cover-version, and the original release was also a Chartbuster, which went on to spend eleven months in the top forty, peaking at number seven for Aqua. Record of the month is "Barbie Girl" by twin "Big Brother" contestants Sam and Amanda.

Eleven climbers this month include all bar one of last month's new entries, of which the most impressive are Roisin Murphy, up eighteen places to number 10 with rapid riser "Overpowered", and Lucky Twice, who climb ten places to become the 162nd chart-topper with "Lucky". Meanwhile, four non-movers include two of last month's strongest contenders for the top spot - the Fixkes stay at number 2 with "Kvraagetaan", while Pakito remains at number 3 with "Are U Ready".

All six of this month's new entries are by artists making their chart debut. Swiss/Iranian dance producer Samim crashes into the top ten at number 8 with "Heater", described by one reviewer as "a house track that combines accordeon sounds with bird-like yelping". Former Chartbuster "Barbie Girl" by "Big Brother" twins Sam and Amanda comes in at 15, eight places below the peak position of the original version by Aqua, while Australian singer/songwriter Katie Michaelson joins up with the Belgian project 2 Fabiola at number 18, hoping to go "Straight 2 The Top".

Danish act Trentemoller not only arrives at number 20 with "Moan", but is also involved with the new entry at 33, "Les Djinns" by Djuma Soundsystems. And at number 27, it's finally a first hit for Frenchman Bob Sinclar with Fireball and "What I Want". All of which leaves nineteen hits on their way down - including fastest faller Charlotte Gainsbourg, dropping nineteen places to 34 with "5.55", and longest laster Holly Dolly, entering a second year on the chart, but possibly about to polka off the dance floor forever with the "Dolly Song" as it falls from 39 to 40.

Joined in the Top 40 Breakers by a re-released former top five hit from the early 1990's by the Saw Doctors, "I Useta Lover", are seven brand new potential future hits. Jeckyll & Hyde already appear twice in the chart, and could add a third hit with "Time Flies"; while the Freemasons and Sugababes could be about to double their tally of hits, having only previously charted with "Mesmerized" and "Push The Button" respectively.

Two acts register their first breaker - Robyn with Kleerup with a recent UK number one, and Manian featuring Aila with a cover version of a hit which achieved a very rare feat indeed, reaching number one in my chart before getting to number one in the UK! That version of "Heaven" was by DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do.

Just missing out on being this month's Chartbuster is Vanessa Paradis, returning to the breakers after a long absence with a new single - "Divine Idylle" - as the guaranteed new entry for next time is the latest single from a young lady still sliding down the chart from a number 17 peak with her most recent hit "I Cried For You". She previously made number 10 with "Nine Million Bicycles" and number 11 with "The Closest Thing To Crazy", and now it's a third Chartbuster for Katie Melua - "If You Were A Sailboat".

There are just two non-movers in the chart this month - and they're right at the top, as Lucky Twice spend a second month at number one and Fixkes make it three months in a row at number two. However, the top ten includes seven of this month's fourteen climbers - among them being Kate Ryan, who scores her eighth top ten hit as former Chartbuster "Voyage Voyage" climbs another two places to number 9, and 2 Fabiola featuring Katie Michaelson, whose "Straight 2 The Top" may be a challenger for next month's number one, racing up ten places to number 8. Further down, other climbers include Trentemoller featuring Ana Trolle, Bob Sinclar presents Fireball, and this month's Rapid Riser - "Les Djinns" by Djuma Soundsystems, which moves up from 33 to 20.

Eighteen hits move down, including fastest faller "Barbie Girl" by Sam and Amanda, plummeting twenty-one places from 15 to 36, and joint longest lasters "When I'm Here With You" by Sarah Nixey and "I Cried For You" by Katie Melua, both around now for nine months. And it's Katie Melua who also has the highest of six new entries, sailing straight in at number 15 with her fourth hit. Vanessa Paradis also scores her fourth hit with "Divine Idylle", new at number 23, and two places lower comes a second hit for the Sugababes. "About You Now" has alraady beaten the number 26 peak of their previous success "Push The Button" - but "Castles in The Sky" has a long way to go to match the first two hits of Liz Kay, which it now joins in the chart, coming in at 30.

The final new entries are "Uninvited" by the Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke at 35, and "Flying High" by Filo Bedo at 40. The former track was originally recorded by Alanis Morissette, while the latter previously reached number 7 in my chart for Dana Rayne. Meanwhile, five other potential future hit-makers also make their debut in the top 40 breakers - Timbaland featuring OneRepublic, Yves Larock, Dada Life, DJ Schwede, and David Guetta featuring Cozi. Having placed a first breaker last time with "Heaven", DJ Manian featuring Aila now add a second one with their version of "Turn The Tide" - originally a number 2 hit for Sylver - while Alex C and Yasmin K have their fourth breaker with their currently massive German hit, which sounds a little like former number 3 hit "Run Away" by Sound Lovers. Lizzy Pattinson also reached number 3 with "Narcotic", and may follow it up with "Just Breathe", while KT Tunstall has already had two number ones from her first album, and now has her first breaker from the second - "Saving My Face".

But the two most impressive new releases of the month are both co-performed by Belgian trance-producer Regi Penxten. From his album of collaborations "Registrated", which also includes the current top three hit "I Fail", he is joined on "A-A-A-Anthem" by Bart Peeters, who previously reached number 14 in my chart as part of the Radios with "She Goes Na Na Na Na". But this almost-instrumental track narrowly loses out to his latest release together with vocalist Linda Mertens. Milk Inc., with an incredible twentieth top ten hit in their native land, are now guaranteed a seventh hit on my chart with this month's Chartbuster, "Tonight".

Four acts have previously occupied the top two positions in my chart at the same time - the Pet Shop Boys, Nicole, Tina Cousins and Ann Lee. Now Regi becomes the fifth - but performing collaborations with two other acts. While "I Fail", on which he is accompanied by choirgirls Scala, climbs one place to number 2 after five months in the top forty, "A-A-A-Anthem", on which he is joined by Bart Peeters, climbs ninety-seven places to enter at number one. It's the nineteenth hit to debut at the top, and only the third of those to do so without being a record of the month - the other two being "Someday" by 4 Clubbers (89 to 1, April 2003) and "Stars Are Blind" by Paris Hilton (110 to 1, September 2006).

Both "A-A-A-Anthem" and "I Fail" are from the current album "Registrated" - from which a third track, "Larger Than Life", is among this month's new breakers. On this one, Regi has teamed up with songwriter/keyboardist Wout Van Dessel and DJ/presenter Caren Meynen. Meanwhile, there are three other new entries in the chart. At 21 is last month's Chartbuster, "Tonight" by Milk Inc. - featuring Regi. At 29 is "The One", the fourteenth hit in a row for Sylver - featuring Wout. Finally, at 35 it's "With Every Heartbeat", a debut hit for Robyn with Kleerup - not featuring Caren - but she is nonetheless responsible for it being there, having played the "Voodoo and Serano" edit for several weeks in the "Ultratop 50" chart show. This remix is not on the UK number one CD release, but it's far better than the other versions that are!

The fastest-moving of fourteen climbers this month is "Uninvited" by the Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke, racing from 35 to 17; while seventeen hits are on the slide, including Pakito, down from 5 to 18 with fastest faller "Are U Ready" and Sarah Nixey, down from 29 to 36 with longest laster "When I'm Here With You", now in its tenth month on the chart. Of the five non-movers, perhaps the most surprising is "Les Djinns" by Djuma Soundsystems - which was last month's rapid riser, but now grinds to a halt at number 20. It is produced by Trentemoller, who climbs into the top ten with "Moan" at number 7, one place ahead of Kate Ryan - whose reworking of "Voyage Voyage" moves up one place to match the peak position of the original version by Desireless.

In a poor month for new releases, Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo are back on the breakers for one final attempt to reach the top forty with "Wonderful Days", currently a hit again in Holland. And just ahead of them are "Ongelukkig", the follow-up single to the recent number 2 hit "Kvraagetaan" by Fixkes, and a new UK hit, "What Hurts the Most", for the group who recently had their first five hits in my chart at the same time, Cascada. However, the guaranteed new entry for next month will be for 22-year-old Californian singer, songwriter and guitarist Colbie Caillat. She will make her chart debut with January 2008's Chartbuster, "Bubbly".

This month, there are four new entries in the top forty - mainly by acts making their chart debut. From France, David Guetta featuring Cozi are the highest new entry at number 14 with "Baby When the Light", while from California, former Chartbuster Colbie Caillat comes in five places lower with "Bubbly". Long, long ago, in its original version by Frank Mills, "Music Box Dancer" was at number 10 in the first three of my monthly charts, then spent a further ten months moving down from that peak. Now, three decades on, it's back, at number 33, in a new trance version by German producer DJ Schwede. Finally, from Belgium, Caren Meynen is in my chart for the first time, at number 40, together with Wout and Regi on "Larger Than Life". Wout is also at number 22 with Sylver and "The One", while Regi features on two top twenty hits by Milk Inc as well as the two other tracks from his album "Registrated" still inside the top five. Although "I Fail", featuring Scala, falls three places from runner-up position, last month's highest new entry, "A-A-A-Anthem", featuring Bart Peeters, is one of five non-movers, remaining at number one.

Bizarrely, among twelve climbers and nineteen songs sliding down the chart, the rapid riser and fastest faller are both the same as last time. Having moved from 35 to 17, the Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke now climb another ten places to number 7 with "Uninvited"; and having taken a dive from 5 to 18 last time with "Are U Ready", Pakito slip another ten places this month, landing at number 28. Still challenging for number one are 2 Fabiola featuring Katie Michaelson and Trentemoller featuring Ana Trolle - both continuing to climb, and now just behind Regi with "Straight To The Top" and "Moan". A few places lower, the Sugababes are in the top ten for the first time ever, leaping eight places to number 6 with "About You Now", the highest-ranking 7" single in the countdown. Elsewhere, KT Tunstall rebounds seven places to number 12 with the former chart-topper "Through The Dark", and Christina Aguilera now becomes the longest laster in the top forty, as "Hurt" falls two places to number 35 after ten months around.

In the breakers, there are healthy climbs for Fixkes, Lizzy Pattinson, Dada Life, and Cascada; a former top ten hit by Soulsister and a former breaker by Natasha England both return, in new remixed versions; and there are six brand new potential future hits. Already in the chart with "Overpowered" and "What I Want", Roisin Murphy and Bob Sinclar are hoping to double up with "Let Me Know" and "Together", while Kylie Minogue is back after an absence of nearly four years with a track from her new album, "In My Arms". But chart debuts look more likely for New Mexico indie folk band Beirut with "Nantes", and for Ian Oliver featuring Shantel with the current European instrumental hit "Bucovina". And it is a guaranteed new entry in March for 23-year old Stockholm-based singer Petra Marklund, with a single that was originally released in Sweden in 2006. It charted then in other territories too, but only more recently has started to travel west, and has come to my attention due mainly to a long run in the Dutch Top 40. Could it be a future UK hit too? Record of the month is September, with "Cry For You".

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A few places lower, the Sugababes are in the top ten for the first time ever, leaping eight places to number 6 with "About You Now", the highest-ranking 7" single in the countdown.

Despite the decline in availablity of seven-inch singles from around the mid-1990s, there has always been at least one (sometimes only one!) track in my monthly top ten that I have been able to obtain in that format!

Since the beginning of 1994, when CD-only releases were first allowed into my chart, these have been the highest-position 7" singles:

Regi and Bart Peeters are the only non-movers in this month's chart, remaining at number one for a third month in a row. However, with four climbers in the top five and two new entries inside the top ten, it looks quite possible that there will be a new chart-topper next time - and the strongest challenger must be DJ Schwede, this month's Rapid Riser. Climbing thirty-one places from its entry position of 33 to number 2, his new take on "Music Box Dancer" is now eight places higher than the peak of the original version by Frank Mills. Just behind this, the former Rapid Riser "Uninvited" by the Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke climbs another four places to number 3; David Guetta featuring Cozi are up ten places at number 4 with "Baby When The Light"; and the Sugababes continue to move in the right direction with "About You Now" at number 5. Further down the chart, there are only six more climbers, the most impressive of these being "Larger Than Life" by Regi, Wout and Caren Meynen, up from 40 to 20.

Last month's Chartbuster from September, now scheduled for a UK release, is the highest of seven new entries at number 8, just ahead of another continental hit, "Bucovina" by Ian Oliver featuring Shantel, at number 9. Two other acts also make their debut appearances, but at the other end of the chart - Dada Life at 36 and DJ Porny at 40 - while two others double their tally of hits. "Ongelukkig" is the second success for Fixkes, and arrives at number 23, one place above their former number 2 hit "Kvraagetaan", while "Just Breathe" comes in at number 30 for Lizzy Pattinson, who previously reached the top three with "Narcotic". But completing the newcomers this month is a lady who has already had more hits than all of the others put together - Kylie Minogue. Her first hit was "I Should Be So Lucky", which entered at number 27 in February 1988 and went on to reach number 8; and her most recent appearance was in February 2002 with "Your Disco Needs You", which had peaked at number 11. Now, six years later, she is back in my top forty at number 33 with her latest single, "In My Arms".

That leaves twenty-two records moving down the chart - including the longest laster, "Through The Dark" by KT Tunstall, down ten places at number 22 in its eighth month, and the fastest faller for a third month in a row, "Are U Ready" by Pakito, down eleven places at number 39. But, in quite a good month for new music, ten potential future hits arrive in the Top 40 Breakers. Strangely, it is the three acts who have already been in the chart that are bringing up the rear. With two of the biggest hits of the decade so far - chart-toppers "Moi Lolita" and "J'en Ai Marre", Alizee is back as breaker number 40 with new single "Mademoiselle Juliette", just behind new breakers from Bob Sinclar, already in the top forty with "What I Want", and Alex C featuring Yasmin K, who previously charted with "The Rhythm Of The Night". Both these acts may be more likely still to chart with their previous breakers, as "Together" and "Du Hast Den Schönsten Arsch Der Welt" climb much closer to the top forty, as do recent releases from Cascada, Timbaland presents OneRepublic and Beirut.

However, it was something of a one-horse race for Chartbuster this month. Recent UK number two hit "Chasing Pavements" by Adele may make it into my chart in the future too, as could a new version of the number 3 hit by Beverley Craven, "Promise Me" by Axel Coon, a former member of Scooter. British electropop band Hot Chip could soon be as ready for a place in my chart as they are "Ready For The Floor", and so could Orange County, California pop-rock quartet Męlée with "Built To Last". Sweden-based Dyce and Ida Engberg could also soon be following September and others into the top 40. But the song which will definitely be there next time has been a permanent resident of the French top ten since its release there, and is spreading all across the world (including America and the UK) partly as a result of its use in commercials for the "Apple Macbook" computer. 30-year-old Paris-born singer-songwriter Yael Naim has the Record of The Month, "New Soul".